Letter: Time to officially divide the states?

So, the United States won't let Texas secede from the union. I have a better idea. Let's split the U.S. into two countries: USA Red and USA Blue. Use the red/blue states Electoral College map from the recent presidential election to determine which states go to which country. Each "country" will have its own government.

The red country can be armed to the teeth, have lower taxes, less government and fewer entitlements. The pipeline from Canada could make its way to Texas through red states without having to cross even a single blue state, and contribute to its energy independence by using more oil. The blue U.S. can raise taxes on the rich, throw out all the guns, leave entitlements alone and work on energy independence using solar and wind power.

Each country then will have a much more manageable population to deal with, as well as a drastically smaller total area to govern. All the gridlock and arguing then will be reduced to infighting in their respective parties.